Major Shaitan Singh
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MHOW: The shooters of the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) won 27 medals at the Kumar Surendra Singh Shooting Championship held in New Delhi recently. The medal tally included twelve gold, nine silver and six bronze medals.
Subedar Pemba Tamang won the gold medal in the 25 metre standard pistol event while subedar Vijay Kumar won gold medals both in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol and the 25 metre centre fire pistol events. In this competition, Vijay also included the pool of probables for the London Olympics.
The army team grabbed six out of the eight team gold medals at stake leaving all the other teams far behind.
In the 50 metre three position rifle event, subedar Surendre Singh Rathore won the silver medal while havaldar Chain Singh grabbed the bronze medal.
The head coach of the pistol team major Amarjeet Singh attributed the excellent performance to the effort of the entire team and the technical expertise provided by the coach of the pistol team Smirnov Pavel and the psychological training which has become a prominent feature of the training schedule.
Subedar Pemba Tamang won the gold medal in the 25 metre standard pistol event while subedar Vijay Kumar won gold medals both in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol and the 25 metre centre fire pistol events. In this competition, Vijay also included the pool of probables for the London Olympics.
The army team grabbed six out of the eight team gold medals at stake leaving all the other teams far behind.
In the 50 metre three position rifle event, subedar Surendre Singh Rathore won the silver medal while havaldar Chain Singh grabbed the bronze medal.
The head coach of the pistol team major Amarjeet Singh attributed the excellent performance to the effort of the entire team and the technical expertise provided by the coach of the pistol team Smirnov Pavel and the psychological training which has become a prominent feature of the training schedule.
